3 JAN 2024 · Episode 28: This Was Not the Plan by Molly O'Laughlin Kemper This week we have a guest essay. "This Was Not the Plan," an essay about birth and grief in the early pandemic, first appeared in https://www.muthamagazine.com/2022/06/this-was-not-the-plan-on-birth-grief-and-a-pandemic-delivery/ in June 2022. Molly O'Laughlin Kemper is a writer, translator, editor, and reader based in New York City. A 2022 resident of St. Nell's Humor Writing Residency for Ladies, she is also a co-host of https://deadladiesshow.com/category/nyc/, which celebrates ladies who were in some way fabulous during their lifetimes. Excerpts of the song https://open.spotify.com/track/78RRT9QrTGvWbVN4aqpdCHwere played in this podcast. Thank you for listening, please subscribe, and tell your friends!

28 DEC 2023 · Episode 27: Dear Gen XXX by Emily Flake This week we have a guest essay from Emily Flake's sex and relationship advice column for AARP The Arrow aimed at Gen X men called https://www.aarparrow.com/author/emily-flake, but I promise her reponses are real gems. A regular contributor to The New Yorker, Emily Flake is the author of several books, including Mama Tried, a book of essays and cartoons about parenting, and the newly published creativity deck https://www.amazon.com/Joke-Box-Write-Draw-Jokes/dp/1524881287. She does a weird hybrid of standup and cartoons on stages throughout New York City and beyond. She is the owner and operator of St. Nell’s Humor Writing Residency for Ladies, “a space for womxn practitioners of the humor arts to wrestle their projects into submission.” This episode contains the mention of sex and even some fun takes on sex positions so best not to listen with children. Excerpts of the song https://licensing.jamendo.com/en/track/2038014/swing-jazz-50s were played in this podcast. Thank you for listening, tell your friends, another story next week.

21 DEC 2023 · Episode 26: Clowns in Her Corner Motherhood made me champion ladies getting theirs, with clowns if necessary. Story notes by Sara Mannheimer Excerpts of the song https://www.jamendo.com/album/79006/swing-to-the-60-s were played in this podcast. We have merch on https://www.bonfire.com/everything-good-merch/. Thank you for listening, tell your friends, another story next week!

14 DEC 2023 · Episode 25: Baby Jesus How do men change when they become fathers? Baby Jesus was originally published by https://fullgrownpeople.com/2022/01/20/baby-jesus/. Edited by Jennifer Niesslein of Full Grown People. Excerpts of the song https://www.boomplay.com/songs/126962119 were played in this podcast. Thank you for listening, tell your friends, another story next week!

7 DEC 2023 · Episode 24: The Feral Instincts of Motherhood What happens when two friends are different types of mothers? This essay was originally published by https://www.muthamagazine.com/2023/11/the-feral-instincts-of-motherhood/an alternative parenting magazine started by MIchelle Tea. Story notes by Sara Mannheimer, editing by Meg Lemke. Excerpts of the song https://simonarmitagemusic.co.uk/our-music/tracks/adventurous-60s.aspx appeared in this episode. We have merch on https://www.bonfire.com/store/everything-good-1/. Check out our https://www.everythinggoodpodcast.com. For the most up to date info, follow us on Insta @everythinggood_podcast Thank you for listening, tell your friends, please subscribe, another story next week!

1 DEC 2023 · Episode 23: Inhabited I was invaded from within. Excerpts of the song https://soundcloud.com/abydos-musique/60s-rock were played in this podcast. Order our merch on https://www.bonfire.com/everything-good-merch/ by Dec 4 for xmas delivery. Thank you for listening, please subscribe and tell your friends. Another story next week!

5 NOV 2023 · Episode 19: Midwestern Witch My greatest childhood fear followed me into adulthood. “Leaning against off-white wall plaster, I caught glimpses of the only woman in my family who looked like me, until my sister shouted from the living room, ‘It’s doing something weird!’” Story notes by Rosamund Lannin. Excerpts of the song https://open.spotify.com/track/6oT9IxKBqM5kT1Khp1dpJM were played in this podcast. This story won the Audience Award at Story Club Chicago North Side in October 2018. Find us on Instagram @everythinggood_podcast Thanks for listening!

19 OCT 2023 · This week we have a guest essay, a chapter from Will Heinrich’s novel The Pearls. The book follows Henry Corn, a soda jerk and occasional pickpocket in 1920s New York City, as he bounces between two love interests: Dot Cohen, a no-nonsense Coney Island barmaid, and Marion Hammer, the daughter of fabulously wealthy banker Felix Hammer. In this chapter ("The Color of the Sky"), which takes place shortly after an extreme night out, Felix invites Henry to the Hammer Building for the first time. Will Heinrich was born in New York and spent his early childhood in Japan. His novel The King's Evil, published by Scribner in 2003, won a PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship in 2004; his most recent novel, The Pearls, was published by Elective Affinity in 2019. He has been an art critic for the New Yorker, the New York Observer, Hyperallergic, Art in America and, since 2017, the New York Times. The Pearls is only available as a signed and numbered limited edition directly from https://www.electiveaffinity.com/books. An audiobook of the Pearls is available now on Apple Music. Excerpts of the song https://www.jamendo.com/track/1406705/smoke were played in this podcast Thank you for listening, please subscribe and tell your friends, another story soon.

12 OCT 2023 · Episode 21: The Naked Truth by Johanna Gohmann Some thoughts on nudes, and not having any. Johanna Gohmann is a humor writer, essayist, and children’s book author. She has written for numerous outlets, including The New Yorker, McSweeneys, The Cut, Jezebel, and Bust. Her essays appear in several anthologies, most notably A Moveable Feast - Life-Changing Food Adventures Around the World, Every Father's Daughter – 24 Women Writers Remember Their Fathers, and The Best Women’s Travel Writing. She is also the author of 28 middle grade and Young Adult books for ABDO Publishing, including a series about a tween girl who finds a portal into another dimension after eating a rotten hot dog. She makes her home in Brooklyn with her husband and son. This essay was originally published by https://www.romper.com/life/regret-destroying-my-nudes. Excerpts of the song https://audiojungle.net/item/the-black-cat/48523862 were played in this podcast. Thank you for listening, tell your friends, another story next week.

5 OCT 2023 · Episode 20: My Father the Teenager I’d heard of old people becoming babies but not of them becoming teenagers en route. "His living room was like a teenager’s bedroom – hectic and chaotic – if that teenager loved Ronald Reagan and glossy golf magazines. As my gaze scanned the room, I noticed the confused stylistic touches of a young person: my grandmother’s vase lay upside down on the kitchen table, and he layered a glass armoire with every keepsake he had ever been given, transforming it into a cabinet of kitsch." Story notes by Rosamund Lannin. Excerpts of the song https://open.spotify.com/track/6S2EEMScqWNFI8ZS6GYZhU were played in this podcast. We now have merch available on https://www.bonfire.com/store/everything-good-1/ Thank you for listening, follow us on IG @everythinggood_podcast or on our https://www.everythinggoodpodcast.com. Please subscribe and tell your friends!